#411: Am I Too Much? Healing Your Wounds with Mom and Reclaiming Your Worth

The Mark Groves Podcast

Mark Groves

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.9 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Our relationship with our mothers has a profound impact on how we form bonds in adulthood. This second episode of a four-part series dives deep into the dynamics of the wounds we have with our maternal figures, exploring how early connections with our mothers shape our emotional landscape, self-expression, and boundaries. We reflect on generational patterns, societal expectations, and how these forces often keep us from becoming our fullest selves. Drawing inspiration from the work of Bethany Webster, we also examine how healing the mother wound can liberate us from unconscious patterns, paving the way for healthier, more authentic relationships. Join us for a conversation on awareness, healing, and transformation. Resources From The Episode: —Listen to the Previous Episode in this Series: https://markgroves.com/episode/never-enough-unpacking-the-father-wound/ —Bethany Webster’s Work: https://www.bethanywebster.com/blog/the-unlived-life-of-the-mother-the-more-the-inner-child-heals-the-more-confident-the-woman-becomes/ —Fertility Throughout Life Information: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/fert_text.html#:~:text=NOVA%20Online%20%7C%2018%20Ways%20to,Fertility%20Throughout%20Life%20(text%20version)&text=Male%3A%20By%20the%20tenth%20week,six%20to%20seven Mark’s Resources: —Have a Question For Mark That You’d Like To Hear Answered on the Podcast? Leave us a Voice Note Here: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMarkGrovesPodcast —Join My Online Community: http://markgroves.com/aligned —Get My New Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire: https://markgroves.com/book —Explore My Courses: https://markgroves.com/courses Follow me and my work here: —Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/markgrovestv —Follow my Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markgrovespodcast —Subscribe to my Newsletter: https://markgroves.com/newsletter —Subscribe to my Substack: https://markgroves.substack.com Find an archive of my work here: —Instagram - @createthelove: https://www.instagram.com/createthelove —Facebook - @createthelove: https://www.facebook.com/createthelove If you want to dive deeper into my content, search through every episode, find specific topics I've covered, and ask me questions, go to my Dexa page: https://dexa.ai/markgroves Themes: Mother Wound Healing, Childhood Trauma Impact, Mother-Daughter Relationships, Mother-Son Relationships, Generational Trauma Healing, Emotional Healing Journey, Mother Wounds and Boundaries, Healing Family Dynamics, Self-Parenting Techniques, Bethany Webster Mother Wound, Breaking Generational Patterns, Understanding Emotional Trauma, Healing Mother Wounds, Mental Health and Relationships, Personal Growth Podcast, Family Relationship Healing Drop us a note at podcast@markgroves.com for sponsor product support, questions, comments, guest suggestions, or just to say hello!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of the Mark Groves podcast. Today I'm coming at you with a
0:04.1	solo episode that's number two in a series. I released number one last week, the link we put in the show
0:09.7	notes, and that one was on the father wound and how our relationship to our father or a lack thereof
0:15.2	actually impacts us in our relationships today as both men and women and how that might be different.
0:24.6	And also the very subtle ways it shows up because we know the explicit ways. We call those things like daddy issues, chasing unavailable men, blah, blah, blah.
0:28.6	But there's actually very subtle ways that I see it shows up in high functioning couples.
0:33.6	So I explore all of that.
0:35.6	This week we're talking about our relationship to mom. Now look,
0:40.3	our relationship to mom is, I would argue, the most important relationship, especially in our
0:46.0	early years. Now, this doesn't mean, and we just need to add context here, if you are a mother,
0:51.7	this doesn't mean that you should be swimming in shame and guilt.
0:55.0	It means that we can explore. Maybe your lack of capacity, maybe you had life circumstances that
1:01.0	made you unable to reach or meet your child's needs. Context, of course, matters. This conversation
1:07.0	that I'm about to have is not about bringing the shame train. It's about actually
1:11.2	bringing awareness so we can meet our children's needs and heal and repair with them, but also
1:17.0	look up and see our relationship with our mother and how it might be impacting us today and how we
1:22.0	mother and how we partner and how we parent as a father too. So this isn't just what I'm talking
1:26.9	about is not exclusive
1:27.9	to the feminine. And also a lot of the ways that father wounds show up in the way that we relate
1:33.5	will overlap with the way mother wounds do. But let's add context as to why these things can be
1:38.9	different between a father and a mother. And that's because we're in utero with our mother for 40 weeks right most often
1:47.0	that's sort of the ideal gestational period so you're born through your mother your mother is the
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